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Vermont parole board director outlines conditions of release and 2025 violation hearing data
Summary
Mary Jane Ainsworth, director of the Vermont Parole Board, told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee that the board trimmed standard conditions from 15 to 6 to better target supervision and reported 179 parole violation hearings in 2025, with 116 continued and 63 revoked; committee members asked for DOC field-level data and housing-impact details.
MONTPELIER — Mary Jane Ainsworth, director of the Vermont Parole Board, told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee on Jan. 15 that the board has narrowed its standard conditions of release to “6” and presented the committee with data on 2025 violation hearings.
“A lot of this is similar to last year,” Ainsworth said, summarizing the board’s packet, and added the board “reduced their number of standard parole conditions from 15 to 6” after several years of technical assistance to better match supervision to individual risks and needs. She said statute authorizes the board to craft conditions designed to protect victims and reduce recidivism.
Ainsworth gave the committee a list of the six conditions that appear on every parole agreement, including: no new criminal acts or court-order violations; timely reporting to parole officers; notifying a supervising officer of law-enforcement contact; allowing visits by…
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